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Forensics: DNA links California teacher Charles Wright to cold-case murder
The inability to age DNA evidence is a limitation to these cold cases. No mention of how the police got the school teacher’s defendant’s DNA. Charles Wright, 56, of Hawthorne, was arrested Thursday on a murder charge in the slaying … Continue reading
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Forensics: Emergency Providers’ Familiarity with Firearms: A National Survey
The majority of surveyed EPs reported little experience with handling firearms. Firearm experience was associated with comfort with managing firearms found in patients’ possession. Regional differences were found regarding personal firearm experience and perceptions of workplace safety, both of whic … Continue reading
Forensics: When Expert Witnesses Are the Problem. Looking at bad science and good science misleading judges and juries.
How do we stop the misrepresentation of science in the courtroom? — Read on http://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mental-mishaps/202201/when-expert-witnesses-are-the-problem
Forensics: Genealogy DNA. Colorado police solve four homicide cold cases with DNA from exhumed killer
Using genetic genealogy and familial DNA, police in Colorado have solved the decades-old cases of the deaths of four females, saying the killer was a man who died by suicide in jail in 1981. — Read on http://www.cnn.com/2022/01/28/us/colorado-dna-cold-case-killer-id/index.html
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Forensic UK: Commitee established to study age estimation of asylum seekers. Headed by Dame Sue Black.
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Forensics: The progress of addiction in the US. ‘The deadliest drug we’ve ever known’: author Sam Quinones on how fentanyl saturated the US
In his new book, Quinones investigates how the explosion of synthetic drugs spurred an ‘epidemic of addiction’ — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/22/fentanyl-methamphetamine-drugs-epidemic-us
Forensics: US DOJ DNA database at work. Human remains found decades ago now tied to 1970s cold case. #NamUS
Linda LeBeau went missing in 1977, remains found in 1986 have now been identified as belonging to her — Read on news.yahoo.com/human-remains-found-decades-ago-202443704.html
Forensics: This police lab is a total wreck. Oversight Hearing Reveals More Issues at DC Crime Lab – WCP
The DC crime lab lost its accreditation last year. Its interim director says he has no solid plan for returning to regular operations. — Read on washingtoncitypaper.com/article/545794/oversight-hearing-reveals-more-issues-at-crime-lab/
Forensics: How a local ME agency uses the NAMUS system for its unknown persons. District Six Medical Examiner – Unidentified Persons
District Six Medical Examiner – Unidentified Persons — Read on http://www.pinellascounty.org/forensics/me_unidentified.htm
Forensics: Genealogy DNA. Remains, found in Lincoln, identified more than 9 years later
The case began when a Talladega County deputy and a reserve officer working at the Racetrack during race week located human remains behind an abandoned house on Allred Road. — Read on http://www.wsfa.com/2022/01/14/remains-found-lincoln-identified-more-than-9-years-later/
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